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Ocular bacterial infections at Quiha Ophthalmic Hospital, Northern Ethiopia: an evaluation according to the risk factors and the antimicrobial susceptibility of bacterial isolates

BACKGROUND: External and intraocular infections can lead to visual impairments, which is a major public health problem. Bacteria are the most frequent pathogens affecting ocular structures; the increasing rate of antimicrobial drug resistance is a worldwide concern. The aim of this study was to dete...

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Autores principales:	Teweldemedhin, Mebrahtu, Saravanan, Muthupandian, Gebreyesus, Araya, Gebreegziabiher, Dawit
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2017
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5351251/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28292273 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-017-2304-1

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